Algebra - math word problems

Borrowed book
Jane must as soon as possible return a borrowed book. She figured that when she read 15 pages a day return book in time. Then she read 18 pages a day and then return the book one day before. How many pages should have a book?
Three Titanics
Three steamers sailed from the same port on the same day. The first came back on the third day, fourth 4th day and the third returned sixth day. How many days after leaving the steamers met again in the harbor?
Infirmary
Two thirds of children from the infirmary went on a trip seventh went to bathe and 40 children remained in the gym. How many children were treated in the infirmary?
Three friends
Divide 570 euros to three friends so that first will get 50 euros less than the second and third twice more than the first. How many euros will get everyone?
Dollars
Mama split 760 dollars Jane, Dane and Eva as follows: Jane got three times more than Dane and Dane and got 40 more than Eva. How much does get each of them?
The book
If one day you read p pages, you will read the book 24 days. If you read each day 10 pages more, you would read a book in 16 days. How many pages have the book?
Shop stores
Workers untied fruit to stores. In the first quarter shipments, in the second fifth shipment, in the third two-fifths of the rest and in the fourth 231 kilograms. How many fruits were together?
Two triangles SSA
Two triangles can be formed with the given information. Use the Law of Sines to solve the triangles. A = 59°, a = 13, b = 14
Scouts
Three scouts went on a three day trip. The second day went 4 km more than the first day. The third day went two times less than the first day. They went along 54 km. How many kilometers went every day together?
Unknown number
Samuel wrote unknown number. Then he had add 200000 to the number and the result multiply by three. When it calculated he was surprised, because the result would have received anyway, if write digit to the end of original number. Find unknown number.
Vacation
Parents piggybacking children on vacation to its grandmother and grandfather at a city distant 150 kilometers. They agreed to meet halfway. Parents will be travel at 90 km/h, grandmother and grandfather at 60 km/h. Parents depart at 12:00 hours. When gran
Pytagoriade
Two fifth-graders teams competing in math competitions - in Mathematical Olympiad and Pytagoriade. Of the 33 students competed in at least one of the contest 22 students. Students who competed only in Pytagoriade was twice more than those who just compete
Cubes - diff
Second cubes edge is 2 cm longer than the edge of the first cube. Volume difference blocks is 728 cm³. Calculate the sizes of the edges of the two dice.
Grandson and granddad
Grandson with grandpa they counted how many years have together. Their product is 365. How many years is the sum of their years.
Brass tube
The outer perimeter of brass tube (ρ = 8.5 g/cm³) is 38 cm. Its mass is 5 kg, length 54 cm. What is the pipe wall thickness?
Circle sector
Circular sector with a central angle 80 ° has area 1257 cm². Calculate its radius r.
Equilateral cylinder
Equilateral cylinder (height = base diameter; h = 2r) has a volume of V = 199 cm³ . Calculate the surface area of the cylinder.
Silver medal
To circular silver medal with a diameter of 10 cm is inscribed gold cross, which consists of five equal squares. What is the content area of silver part?
Plums
In the bag was to total 136 plums. Igor took 3 plums and Mary took 4/7 from the rest. How many plums remained in the bag?
Jane and Miro
Jane brother Miro is 42 years. And he is three times old as it was Jane when Miro was for so many years as there are now Jane. How old is Jane?

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